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Advocaat hoping to see Brown again this season

Wes Brown could return to help Sunderland's Premier League survival fight, says head coach Dick Advocaat.

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Dick Advocaat hopes Sunderland will have Wes Brown back before
the end of the Premier League season after receiving positive news
on his knee injury.

Brown limped off early in Sunderland's 1-0 defeat to West Ham on
March 21, with initial tests indicating that the defender could be
out for the rest of the campaign.

However, Advocaat feels the former Manchester United man could
be fit for the final weeks of the season.

"It looks better than we thought before," the Dutchman told
Sunderland's official website. "It will still be difficult to bring
him back this season, so hopefully at the end but the doctor said
it takes four or five weeks."

Brown will miss Sunday's Tyne-Wear derby, but Lee Cattermole is
available again to Advocaat following his two-game suspension.

"You need him [Cattermole] always because he is a controller on
the pitch and he is a quick passer," Advocaat added.

"The team missed him for 10-12 games I believe so it is good
that he's back."